De Tralatione Bibliae, et novarum reprobatione interpretationum

Sutor, Petrus. Erasmus defends vernacular Bible translation against Sorbonne traditionalist fanatics

Verlag: Paris, Pierre Vidou, 1525

Beschreibung

Sutor, Petrus (Cousturier, Pierre). De Tralatione Bibliae, et novarum reprobatione interpretationum. Vaenundantur Parisiis apud Joannem Parvum Bibliopolam adscribtitium, sub insigni floris Lilii, via ad divum Iacobum, Cum Privilegio. Paris, Pierre Vidou for Jean Petit , 1525. 4to. [4] + 101 + [1]f. Roman letter. 25 large ornamental criblé initials, each serving for 3 preliminary and 22 chapter openings. Title within fine architectural woodcut border including royal arms and the arms of the city of Paris in top panel, surrounding Jean Petit s large ornamental bookseller s device incorporating a tree and a shield with his initials and a lily, supported by 2 lions. Contemporary limp vellum with title inscribed on backstrip in ink calligraphy. First edition of a fanatical condemnation of vernacular Bible reading by the Sorbonne theologian and Carthusian monk, Pierre Cousturier (c1474-1537), who fiercely opposed the leading humanist reformers idea of furthering lay people s understanding of the Holy Scriptures through translation. The author believed the concept to be misguided and radical, arguing it could lead to error and heresy; he thought a knowledge of languages unnecessary and strongly advocated the retention of the Vulgate. Title verso with privilege dated 5th December 1524. The publication of this book resulted in an acrimonious correspondence in the same year between the author and Desiderius Erasmus (c1466-1536) who vainly attempted to reason with him (cf: P.G.Bietenholz & T.B.Deutscher: Contemporaries of Erasmus (Toronto 1985) p352. The book was reprinted in 1528. This copy contains a 17 line contemporary manuscript entry in a fine humanist hand in margin of the first page of text commenting on the author s controversy with Erasmus; an entry in the same hand on the title states that friar Antonius de Villa Corta is allowed to take the book home with him; there are 2 other notes in the same hand on ff9 & 48, and 10 earlier manuscript notes in other blank margins. A previous owner added his initials A and P discreetly on the title and replaced the lily in Petit s arms in tailend margin with an the letter A in ink. Adams S2126; B.Moreau, Inventaire, III, 803; for bookseller s title device, cf: Renouard 891. See also: Wim François, Petrus Sutor et son plaidoyer contre les traduction de la Bible en langue populaire (1525) , in Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses, 82 (2006), pp139-163. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-14364912877

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Titel: De Tralatione Bibliae, et novarum ...

Verlag: Paris, Pierre Vidou

Erscheinungsdatum: 1525

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition